News 2023
21 December 2023
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Seasons Greetings
Season's Greetings with all good wishes for the New Year from The Archery Library!
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Update for "Archery — The Technical Side" by Hickman et al., 1947.
Analyzing the Paradox, by Dr. E. S. Hodgson
Article on the the results of experiments with different bow on a shooting machine.
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New Article: "Chains for Bows"
Article on using silk for improving the performance of a bow by using it as backing.
Discusses the manufacture of silk and its mechanical properties, as well as how to apply it to a bow.
By Dr. C. N. Hickman, from The American Archer, Number 4, Volume 1, 1940.
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Update for "Archery — The Technical Side" by Hickman et al., 1947.
Bowstrings, by Maurice C. Taylor
Article on the strength of bowstrings, including data.
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New articles discussing the controversy on the use of artificial point of aim or aiming devices in target archery competitions.
Dr. Calvin S. Case discusses this in his article "The Point of Aim and Other Mechanical Expedients, Earle L. Ovington comments on this in The Point of Aim and Dr. Robert P. Elmer shares his views in a reaction to these articles in "Mechanical Expedients"
From Forest and Stream, 1913-1914.
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Update for "Archery — The Technical Side" by Hickman et al., 1947.
Spine and Arrow Design. By W. J. Rheingans and Forrest Nagler
Article on the capability of an arrow to bend around the bow during the shot. Spine can be defined as "a measure of the mechanical and physical properties of a material, which make it suitable for use in arrows."
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Update for "Archery — The Technical Side" by Hickman et al., 1947.
Exterior Ballistics of Bows and Arrows. By W. J. Rheingans.
This article deals with the flight of an arrow after it leaves the bow and is concerned primarily with the maximum range that can be obtained with arrows of various designs and with various initial velocities.
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New Article: "The Bow as a Hunter's Weapon"
All the cunning and sagacity of the savage is needed to successfully stalk game with this age-old implement of the chase
Article on bow hunting by Indians from North, Central and South America ans well as contemporary hunting. With a brief description on how to shoot and some remarks about accuracy.
By Van Allen Lyman, from Forest and Stream, January 1921.
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Update for "Archery — The Technical Side" by Hickman et al., 1947.
Debunking Spine, by W. J. Rheingans.
Article with formulas regarding bending of arrows.
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New Article: "Notes on Bow Making"
Article with notes on how to make the joint for a grafted bow made, i.e. made of two pieces of wood. Also a discussion on making a backed bow using hickory.
By James M. Challiss, from Forest and Stream, June 1913.
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Update for "Archery — The Technical Side" by Hickman et al., 1947.
Performance characteristics of center shot bows, by L. A. Quayle.
Performance characteristics of center shot bows as affected by type of release, arrow spine and glove tip thickness.
